1265: First English Parliament summoned other than by royal command (in this instance by Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester) mets in Westminster Hall 1841: China cedes Hong Kong to the British during the 1st Opium War 1921: Republic of Turkey declared out of remnants of Ottoman Empire 1942: Nazi officials hold the notorious Wannsee Conference in Berlin to organize the […]
379: Theodosius installed as co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire by Emperor Gratian 1812: Peninsular War: After a ten day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo 1883: The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey 1966: Indira Gandhi elected […]
532: Nika uprising against Emperor Justinian I in Constantinople fails, 30,000 killed by troops loyal to the Emperor in the Hippodrome 1591: King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Minchit Sra of Burma in single combat, date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day 1788: First elements of the First Fleet carrying 736 convicts from England to Australia […]
1773: Captain James Cook becomes 1st to cross Antarctic Circle (66° 33′ S) 1873: A group of Modoc warriors defeats the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War 1912: Captain Robert Scott’s expedition arrives at the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen 1946: United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting 1991: Operation […]
27: BC The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate 1412: The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy 1547: Ivan IV the Terrible, aged 17, crowns himself the 1st tsar of Moscow 1793: French King Louis XVI sentenced to death by the National Convention during the French Revolution 1913: British House of Commons accepts Home Rule […]
588 BC: Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah’s reign. The siege lasts until July 23, 586 BC. 1535: King Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England 1559: Elizabeth I crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey 1759: British Museum opens in Montague House, London 1902: Abdulaziz Ibn Saud leads 40 men over the walls of Riyadh and takes the […]
1526: Charles V and Francis I sign the Treaty of Madrid, forcing Francis to give up claims to Burgundy, Italy and Flanders 1641: Dutch East India Company conquers the city of Malacca, 7,000 killed 1724: Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne 1761: Third Battle of Panipat: In one of the largest battles of the century, the mostly Muslim Afghani Durrani Empire defeats […]
532: Nika riots begin in Constantinople, a revolt against Byzantine Emperor Justinian I that leaves half the city burned and thousands dead. The riots were prompted by the failed execution of chariot racing supporters and only stopped after Empress Theodora refused to flee, forcing her husband to act decisively. 1908: Henri Farman becomes the first person to fly an observed circuit […]
1528: Gustav I of Sweden crowned King of Sweden, rules for 37 years and becomes known as the “father of the nation” 1554: Bayinnaung crowned King of Burma, goes on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia 1872: Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, 1st imperial coronation in Axum in over […]
1599: Jacob van Neck’s fleet leaves Bantam, Java in modern day Indonesia with 1 million pounds of pepper and cloves and a further half a ship full of nutmeg, mace and cinnamon 1838: First public demonstration of telegraph messages sent using dots and dashes at Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel Morse and […]
